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Monday, 5 November 2018
Dilrose:barking deer
barking deer are small deer of the genus Muntiacus
it has soft, short, brownish or greyish hair, sometimes with creamy markings.
It is the smallest deer species.
It is an omnivore and eats grass, fruit, shoots, seeds, bird eggs and small animals, and occasionally scavenges on carrion.
Its calls sound like barking, often when frightened by a predator and hence the common name "barking deer".
Males have canines, short antlers that usually branch just once near the base, and a large postorbital scent gland used to mark territories
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Hyenas...Crocuta crocuta ......
Spotted hyenas may kill as many as 95% of the animals they eat, while striped hyenas are largely scavengers.
Generally, hyenas are known to drive off larger predators, like lions, from their kills
Hyenas are primarily nocturnal animals, but sometimes venture from their lairs in the early-morning hours.
FEW FACTS
- Scientific name
- Crocuta crocuta (spotted hyena)
- Weight
- 90 to 190 lb.
- Size
- 28 to 35 in. tall
- Life span
- Up to 25 years in captivity
- Habitat
- Savannas, grasslands, woodlands, forest edges, subdeserts, and mountains up to 13,000 ft
- Diet
- Carnivorous
- Gestation
- 90 to 110 days
- Predators
- Humans
Dilrose:grey stork
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family called Ciconiidae
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Sunday, 4 November 2018
Bird
Bird (class Aves) more than 10,400 living species unique in having feathers
They are warm-blooded vertebrates more related to reptiles than to mammals and that they have a four-chambered heart (as do mammals), forelimbs modified into wings, a hard-shelled egg, and keen vision
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TIGER.....(Panthera tigris)... a stalk-and-ambush hunter...
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest cat species,
Most recognizable for its pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside.
It is an good predator.
The tiger usually hunts by night and preys on a variety of animals, but it prefers fairly large prey such as deer and wild pigs.
As solitary animals, tigers establish and maintain their own territories, the size and nature of which vary with the number and distribution of prey, the presence of other tigers in the area, the nature of the terrain, the availability of water
The tiger is a stalk-and-ambush hunter, and the distinctive stripes are good camouflage in the long grass or wooded forests of their diverse habitat.
Dark stripes on a pale background break up the tiger’s outline as it lies in wait for prey to come near.
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Most recognizable for its pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside.
It is an good predator.
The tiger usually hunts by night and preys on a variety of animals, but it prefers fairly large prey such as deer and wild pigs.
As solitary animals, tigers establish and maintain their own territories, the size and nature of which vary with the number and distribution of prey, the presence of other tigers in the area, the nature of the terrain, the availability of water
The tiger is a stalk-and-ambush hunter, and the distinctive stripes are good camouflage in the long grass or wooded forests of their diverse habitat.
Dark stripes on a pale background break up the tiger’s outline as it lies in wait for prey to come near.
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Morays Eel....
Moray eels body is generally patterned. In some species (inside of the mouth is also patterned.)
Their jaws are wide, framing a protruding snout.
Most possess large teeth used to tear flesh or grasp prey items.
They primarily feed on crustaceans and other hard-shelled animals
The dorsal fin extends from behind the head along the back and joins seamlessly with the caudal and anal fins.
Most species lack pectoral and pelvic fins, so look like serpentine appearance. Their eyes are rather small
Morays rely mostly on their highly developed sense of smell, lying in wait to ambush prey.
Morays secrete a protective mucus over their smooth, scaleless skin, which in some species contains a toxin.
They have much thicker skin and high densities of goblet cells in the epidermis that allows mucus to be produced at a higher rate than in other eel species.
This allows sand granules to adhere to the sides of their burrows in sand-dwelling morays, thus making the walls of the burrow more permanent due to the glycosylation of mucins in mucus.
Their small, circular gills, located on the flanks far posterior to the mouth, require the moray to maintain a gap to facilitate respiration.
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